Orla Prendergast Laura Delany Ireland Sri Lanka Bangladesh Sport cup Orla Prendergast Laura Delany Ireland Sri Lanka Bangladesh

Ireland beat Bangladesh in T20 World Cup warm-up

rte.ie

Orla Prendergast ended up one run short of an unbeaten half-century as Ireland secured an eight-wicket victory in their ICC Women's T20 World Cup warm-up encounter against Bangladesh in Cape Town.Eimear Richardson scored 34 as she opened the batting alongside Gaby Lewis, while Ireland’s bowling unit were also on top of their game in an excellent all-round performance.Bangladesh opened the batting, but wickets from Jane Maguire and Leah Paul restricted them to 23-2 after five overs.

Paul went on to post excellent figures of 3-17.Opener Shamima Sultana had put up 34 runs from 30 balls before Cara Murray – thanks to a catch from Arlene Kelly - saw her depart in the tenth over.Shorna Akhter and Ruman Ahmed put on a 34-run partnership before Bangladesh finished up on 120-6 from their 20 overs.Ireland got off to a solid start in their response, with Richardson slapping four balls to the boundary as she quickly moved on to 33 not out after the powerplay.Richardson fell on 34, just after registering a fifty-run partnership with opening partner Lewis.Fatima Khatun had both openers back in the pavilion in the tenth over, with Ireland on 57-2.However, once Prendergast came to the middle Ireland never looked in any danger, as along with captain Laura Delany they proceeded to put up a 67-run partnership and secure the win with seven balls remaining.Next up for Ireland Women is an official World Cup warm-up game against Sri Lanka on Monday 6 February, at Stellenbosch University 1, with a 10am start (8am Ireland time).

Related News
India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh on Tuesday jumped 16 places to move into the top 20 of the latest ICC Women's T20I rankings for the first time after some good scores in the ongoing shortest format World Cup in South Africa. Ghosh's unbeaten knocks of 41 against the West Indies and 47 against England in the Women's T20 World Cup over the past week took her to a career-best 20th position. She became the fifth Indian in the top 20 with Smriti Mandhana (third), Shafali Verma (10th), Jemimah Rodrigues (12th) and Harmanpreet Kaur (13th) ahead of her in the list.
Smriti Mandhana's career-best knock fashions 5-run win over Ireland via DLS method; Australia up nextIn the third over, Smriti Mandhana stepped out and dispatched Ireland pacer Orla Prendergast's length delivery through cover point for her first boundary. It was the beginning of the Indian opener's domination over the Irish bowlers.
Thanks to Mandhana's career-best knock, India posted 155 for six after opting to bat first in their last group match of the Women's T20 World Cup. In their run chase, Ireland were 54 for two in 8.2 overs, when heavy rains stopped play. The DLS par score after 8.2 overs was 59, and Ireland were five runs short of that total.As the match could not be restarted, India won the match under the D/L method."The finger is fine. One of the most toughest innings I would have played. Not the wicket but the pace they were bowling and with the wind, it got worse," Mandhana said after the match.
Chasing a competitive 157-run target, Ireland, who were already out of semi-final contention, were 54 for 2 in 8.2 overs when rain stopped the proceedings. The match was called-off after a wait of an hour or so, paving way for India to progress further in the tournament.As it happened: India vs IrelandWith the victory, India finished the group stage with six points from four games. Currently, they are in second position in Group B, behind England (six points from three games), who have a better net run rate at this moment. England will play Pakistan on Tuesday in their final group game, which will decide the final positioning in the group. India will play Australia in the semi-final if they finish second in the group standings.
India secured their spot in the Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals with a five-run Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method win over Ireland in a rain-affected match at Gqeberha.
Harmanpreet Kaur on Monday became the first cricketer-ever to play 150 T20Is as she took the field for India against Ireland in a Women's T20 World Cup match. In men's cricket, Rohit Sharma has played the most number of matches (148) in the shortest format. "It (playing 150 T20I games) means a lot, I got an emotional message from my team-mates. Thanks to BCCI and ICC, we are able to play so many games," Harmanpreet said at the toss.

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.